This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) provides $489,803 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to establish and nurture a research-practice partnership called "AI by 8" focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) concepts into K-2 English Language Arts (ELA) instruction for rural North Carolina students. The project aims to directly impact 30 teachers and approximately 600 students...
This $349,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a research project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to investigate how to design and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to support equitable K-12 science education. The project plans to explore the use of multimodal AI to provide automated feedback for formative science assessments, with the goal of generating design principles to develop...
The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $1,166,886 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the AI Play program model and associated curricular materials. The grant aims to introduce 500 middle school students and more than 20 teachers in rural North Carolina communities to artificial intelligence concepts through game design activities and professional development from May 2022 to April 2025. As part of the grant, Wested will...
This $385,921 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and research of an AI Across the Curriculum program at North Carolina State University. The interdisciplinary team will create introductory and advanced modules integrating artificial intelligence concepts into existing high school mathematics, English language arts, and history curricula. They will also develop a 60-hour professional development program to train...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will develop new technologies to improve student learning in machine learning (ML) education. The $226,873 award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028, will create automated algorithms to generate personalized feedback, hints, and examples to support students in designing effective ML models, implementing them in code, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $509,999 Computer Science for All: Research and RPPs (CFDA 47.076) project grant to a research-practice partnership led by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), North Carolina State University (NCSU), and Partner to Improve (PTI). The project, titled "AI BY 8: A Research Investigation Led by a Research-Practice Partnership on Unplugged AI Language Arts Instruction for Young Children," aims to establish and nurture a...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $185,496 to the University of North Texas to engage approximately 500 high school students and 25 teachers from under-resourced communities in the design and application of AI-enabled microelectronics technologies. The goal is to develop a high school curriculum that integrates computer science and engineering using microelectronics and AI as the context, in order to prepare students...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...
This is a $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "The AI Voyage: Integrating AI Literacy into Computer Science Curricula with Accessible Hands-On Learning Activities" at Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The project aims to develop a series of accessible, hands-on learning activities featuring artificial intelligence (AI) to be...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University to lay the groundwork for new paradigms of responsible design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered writing tools. The key products and services to be delivered include: Clear and accessible articulations of the research methods and challenges for design-oriented AI as it applies to writing...